Where does “drān” come from?

drān (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic drānu, from Proto-Germanic drēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n-.

drān (Old Dutch): to emit an odour

Definitions

  1. to emit an odour

Ancestry of “drān”, step by step

drān traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic drānu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdrānudrone, male bee
2Proto-Germanicdrēnuzmale bee or wasp; drone
3Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₁n-—

via Proto-Germanic drēhaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrēhaną—

Words derived from “drān”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drēnuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drānu →